Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay today (12 Oct):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (12 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 8s period with ENE swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 8s period with ENE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 7s period with NE swell.
The current surf forecast for Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay at 2AM is: 1.2m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 11). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (12 Oct) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 8s |
| Afternoon (12 Oct) | 3ft (0.9m) | 8s |
| Evening (12 Oct) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 7s |
Table - waves today at Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Very mild (max 19°C on Tue afternoon, min 12°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Sun 11 | Monday 12 | Tuesday 13 | |||||||||||||||||
4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | SSW 18 | NE 7 | NE 8 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 250 | 202 | 168 | 127 | 134 | 120 | 91 | 88 | 64 | 98 | 140 | 284 | 234 | 189 | 135 | 102 | 102 | 99 | 94 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | glassy | glassy | cross-on | cross-on | on | glassy | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off | off | off | glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | off | cross-off |
High Tide | 5:35AM1.88m | 5:56PM1.79m | 6:22AM1.85m | 6:43PM1.73m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 11:23PM0.18m | 11:52AM0.24m | 00:10AM0.24m | 12:41PM0.30m | |||||||||||||||
 |  |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | |
 | — | — | — | — | 6:41 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:39 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 7:45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:47 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 18 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 17 |
Feels °C | 17 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 16 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | SSW 17 | SSW 16 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 8 |
| kJ | 250 | 202 | 168 | 127 | 134 | 120 | 91 | 88 | 64 | 27 | 50 | 215 | 234 | 189 | 135 | 102 | 91 | 99 | 94 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | NNE 6 | SSW 13 | SW 13 | S 8 | SW 7 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 17 | SSW 16 |
| kJ | 70 | 40 | 40 | 38 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 83 | 80 | 42 | 41 | 61 | 102 | 93 | 84 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | S 20 | S 8 | S 19 | SW 13 | S 18 | S 18 | S 11 | — | S 6 | S 20 | S 19 | S 18 | SSW 14 | E 15 | SW 9 | SW 9 |
| kJ | — | — | — | 7 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | — | 1 | 8 | 29 | 25 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | NNE 7 | — | NE 3 | ENE 8 | NE 7 | NE 7 | — | — | — | — | — | NE 7 | NNW 4 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18 | — | 2 | 98 | 140 | 284 | — | — | — | — | — | 64 | 16 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury | |||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest